The melodic material of the Cúil Aodha comes from the song Máthair Mo Chéile (The Mother-in-law) as recorded by Éamon de Buitléar & Ceoltóirí Laighean. The Castle jig is a Seán Ryan composition. Garrett Barry’s is associated with the blind piper from Inagh, Clare, appearing as “Split the Whisker (the new)” in the Goodman manuscripts (1860s) and published in Tunes of the Munster Pipers, vol. 2.
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Fiddle player Caitlin Finley played for us back in the day at the Coatesville Traditional Irish Music Series. It took a while to find out she’d made a CD with flute & piano (also piccolo, pipes & melodeon) accompaniment but it was worth the wait! Check it out. Will Woodson & Chris Stevens are standouts, too. It’s nice to find a contemporary Irish CD I like start to finish. Frank Dalton
Former member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 unveils a rich, swinging new record that pulls from jazz and soul in its high-wattage songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 24, 2024
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Masterful box playing. Has some very appealing, unusual quality to it - hard to put into words... might be the Sliabh Luachra style peeping through. musicstillspeaks